{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-26/rubin-rudman-lawdragon-dealmakers-list","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-26/rubin-rudman-lawdragon-dealmakers-list.md","title":"Rubin Rudman Partners Named to 2027 Lawdragon Dealmakers List","headline":"Rubin Rudman's Cordes, Splaine, Shamberger and Caulfield Named 2027 Lawdragon Dealmakers","description":"Rubin Rudman said four partners joined the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list, a Boston firm founded over a century ago.","section":"Business","published_at":"2026-10-26T16:29:23+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-26T16:29:23+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Christine Parise Cordes, Neal F. Splaine, David M. Shamberger and Ariadna Caulfield were named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list.","Cordes and Splaine co-chair Rubin Rudman's Corporate, Business & Tax department.","Rubin Rudman is a Boston firm founded over a century ago with more than 100 attorneys."],"companies":[{"name":"Rubin and Rudman LLP","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0004ord/rubin-and-rudman-llp","website":"http://rubinrudman.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"Four Rubin Rudman Partners Named to 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/four-rubin-rudman-partners-named-to-2027-lawdragon-500-leading-dealmakers-in-america-302919579.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Business","Rubin and Rudman LLP"],"body_markdown":"Rubin Rudman said four of its partners were named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list. The firm announced the recognition on October 26, 2026, according to [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/four-rubin-rudman-partners-named-to-2027-lawdragon-500-leading-dealmakers-in-america-302919579.html). The list honors lawyers who, in Lawdragon's words, \"close the transactions that remake industries, redraw markets, and move trillions of dollars of value.\"\n\n## The Four Rubin Rudman Partners Honored\n\nChristine Parise Cordes and Neal F. Splaine co-chair the firm's Corporate, Business & Tax department, and David M. Shamberger and Ariadna Caulfield also received the recognition. Cordes, who has over 20 years of experience, represents closely held private companies, multi-generational family-owned businesses, middle-market private companies, real estate developers, high net worth investors and technology start-ups, and structures real estate joint ventures. Splaine has over 30 years of experience as outside general counsel to closely held businesses, handling mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, strategic alliances and business succession planning, and has served eight years on the firm's Executive Committee.\n\nShamberger, with over 25 years of experience, focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, and executive employment and equity compensation, representing public and private companies, private equity investors, strategic buyers, family-owned businesses and family offices. Caulfield practices corporate, banking and financial law and complex business matters, including mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity financing, and is a founding member of the firm's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. She began her career as an in-house lawyer with the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.\n\n## Rubin Rudman's Scale and Recent Expansion\n\n[Rubin and Rudman LLP](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0004ord/rubin-and-rudman-llp) is a Boston-based, 106-year-old full-service law firm with roughly 100 attorneys serving businesses, institutions, high-net-worth individuals and multigenerational families across 15 or more practice areas, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show the firm opened a satellite office in Westborough, Massachusetts in June 2026 and launched a dedicated Hospitality Law Practice Group in March 2026.\n\n## Earlier Recognition for Rubin Rudman Lawyers\n\nRubin Rudman announced on October 15, 2026 that ten partners were named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers in America, a list covering high-net-worth divorce, trusts, estate planning and probate litigation, PR Newswire reported. On October 5, 2026, the firm said Jeffrey Dretler, Elizabeth Sullivan, Laura Kirshenbaum, Julayne Lazar and Christopher Wurster were named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers list, according to PR Newswire. PR Newswire reported on September 24, 2026 that Cordes was named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2026 Top Women of Law list.\n\n## Rubin Rudman's Planned Boston Move\n\nRubin Rudman signed a 15-year lease for 57,844 square feet at One Federal Street in Boston and plans to relocate from 53 State Street in February 2028, PR Newswire reported. The firm has said it plans to grow to 125 attorneys.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}